NERC RC EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Common standard time period for station battery to handle outage of AC power to
chargers - Answers - 8-12 hours
Time to restore data exchange redundancy when redundancy testing by RC/TOP/BA
deemed unsuccessful - Answers - 2 hours
Transition period to backup control facility (fully functioning) - Answers - 2 hours
Annual testing of backup control facility must prove to be functional for this long -
Answers - 2 hours
Every 2 years TO/TOP/DSP must provide how many hours of system restoration
training to field switching personnel - Answers - 2 hours
Every 2 years GOP's with blackstart resources shall provide how many hours of training
to operating personnel responsible for startup - Answers - 2 hours
BAL-002 default contingency reserve restoration period (following disturbance recovery
period) - Answers - 90 minutes
How often should BA calculate and record inadvertent interchange - Answers - 60
minutes/hourly
How often should BA provide MW-hour meter readings to adjacent BA's - Answers - 60
minutes/hourly
TLR procedure (identifying TLR level and actions to be implemented) needs updating
how often - Answers - 60 minutes/hourly
Hourly ATC for next 48 hours calculated how often - Answers - 60 minutes/hourly
During EEA2/3 the energy deficient entity needs to update the RC how often until alert
is terminated - Answers - 60 minutes/hourly
DOE-417 (disturbance reporting) should be completed by when - Answers - 60
minutes
BA with loss of resources must submit RFI with start time no more than how far beyond
the resource loss - Answers - 60 minutes
Sink BA should ensure interchange modifications are submitted how soon after the
modification - Answers - 60 minutes
If unable to calculate ACE for this long, BA must notify RC - Answers - 30 minutes
, ACE cannot exceed BAAL for how long - Answers - 30 minutes
If AVR, PSS, or other voltage control device status changes from normal operation,
GOP must notify TOP within how long of the change (if it does not last longer than this,
no reporting necessary) - Answers - 30 minutes
GOP must notify TOP of change in reactive capability how quick - Answers - 30
minutes
TOP should return from unknown operating state how quick - Answers - 30 minutes
IROL Tv should be less than or equal to... (system should be returned to IROL within
this time frame of exceeding) - Answers - 30 minutes
RC completes RT assessments of SOL/IROL violations how often - Answers - 30
minutes
Once BA/TOP notifies RC of emergency conditions, RC has how long to notify other
BA/TOP's and neighboring RC's - Answers - 30 minutes
Unplanned evacuation from BES control center facility is reportable by BA/TOP/RC if it
lasts longer than... - Answers - 30 minutes
Complete loss of communication (including backup) is reportable if it lasts longer than...
- Answers - 30 minutes
Planned or unplanned telemetering & control equipment outages of more than how
many minutes but be reported - Answers - 30 minutes
Default ramp rate for Western Interconnection interchange schedules - Answers - 20
minutes
When BA unable to calculate ACE > 30 minutes, they have how long to report to RC -
Answers - 15 minutes
Default disturbance recovery period (time to return ACE to 0 following a disturbance,
DCS) - Answers - 15 minutes
Congestion management requests in Eastern Interconnection from one RC to another
must be implemented how quickly - Answers - 15 minutes
Voltage deviation of >/= 10% nominal is reportable after how long - Answers - 15
minutes
Common standard time period for station battery to handle outage of AC power to
chargers - Answers - 8-12 hours
Time to restore data exchange redundancy when redundancy testing by RC/TOP/BA
deemed unsuccessful - Answers - 2 hours
Transition period to backup control facility (fully functioning) - Answers - 2 hours
Annual testing of backup control facility must prove to be functional for this long -
Answers - 2 hours
Every 2 years TO/TOP/DSP must provide how many hours of system restoration
training to field switching personnel - Answers - 2 hours
Every 2 years GOP's with blackstart resources shall provide how many hours of training
to operating personnel responsible for startup - Answers - 2 hours
BAL-002 default contingency reserve restoration period (following disturbance recovery
period) - Answers - 90 minutes
How often should BA calculate and record inadvertent interchange - Answers - 60
minutes/hourly
How often should BA provide MW-hour meter readings to adjacent BA's - Answers - 60
minutes/hourly
TLR procedure (identifying TLR level and actions to be implemented) needs updating
how often - Answers - 60 minutes/hourly
Hourly ATC for next 48 hours calculated how often - Answers - 60 minutes/hourly
During EEA2/3 the energy deficient entity needs to update the RC how often until alert
is terminated - Answers - 60 minutes/hourly
DOE-417 (disturbance reporting) should be completed by when - Answers - 60
minutes
BA with loss of resources must submit RFI with start time no more than how far beyond
the resource loss - Answers - 60 minutes
Sink BA should ensure interchange modifications are submitted how soon after the
modification - Answers - 60 minutes
If unable to calculate ACE for this long, BA must notify RC - Answers - 30 minutes
, ACE cannot exceed BAAL for how long - Answers - 30 minutes
If AVR, PSS, or other voltage control device status changes from normal operation,
GOP must notify TOP within how long of the change (if it does not last longer than this,
no reporting necessary) - Answers - 30 minutes
GOP must notify TOP of change in reactive capability how quick - Answers - 30
minutes
TOP should return from unknown operating state how quick - Answers - 30 minutes
IROL Tv should be less than or equal to... (system should be returned to IROL within
this time frame of exceeding) - Answers - 30 minutes
RC completes RT assessments of SOL/IROL violations how often - Answers - 30
minutes
Once BA/TOP notifies RC of emergency conditions, RC has how long to notify other
BA/TOP's and neighboring RC's - Answers - 30 minutes
Unplanned evacuation from BES control center facility is reportable by BA/TOP/RC if it
lasts longer than... - Answers - 30 minutes
Complete loss of communication (including backup) is reportable if it lasts longer than...
- Answers - 30 minutes
Planned or unplanned telemetering & control equipment outages of more than how
many minutes but be reported - Answers - 30 minutes
Default ramp rate for Western Interconnection interchange schedules - Answers - 20
minutes
When BA unable to calculate ACE > 30 minutes, they have how long to report to RC -
Answers - 15 minutes
Default disturbance recovery period (time to return ACE to 0 following a disturbance,
DCS) - Answers - 15 minutes
Congestion management requests in Eastern Interconnection from one RC to another
must be implemented how quickly - Answers - 15 minutes
Voltage deviation of >/= 10% nominal is reportable after how long - Answers - 15
minutes
